Llanwenarth / Llanwenarth Citra
INFORMATION
FontID: 12395LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NW of Abergavenny
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Mitchell Troy, Pen-y-Clawdd and St Maughans [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Thurlby (2006) as one of a group of tub-shaped fonts in the area: Llanwenarth, Mitchell Troy, Pen-y-Clawdd and St Maughans.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006